Moms Arrested For Defending Trans Kids’ Healthcare

Across the United States, mothers are risking arrest as the fight over gender-affirming healthcare for trans kids moves from clinics to legislatures and courts.

Outside the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C., a group of moms stood along the sidewalk holding signs demanding that the federal government protect access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. Some had traveled hundreds of miles to be there. Others arrived from nearby states after watching healthcar…